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central nervous system, tremor, familial, familial tremor, neurologic disorder that tends to run in families, involving involuntary shaking (tremors, gets worse, the affected person tries to move, become more active, overlap between essential tremor, an isolated case but, run in families, familial tremor, affects more than one person, family, tremors, affect people at any age, most common in older people, a familial tremor, relatively benign condition, affecting movement, voice quality but seldom having any other effects, rhythmic, moderately rapid tremor, shaking, voluntary muscles, purposeful movements, make the tremors worse, difficulty holding, using small objects, eating, writing utensils, emotional stress, increase the tremors, over time, tremors, affect the hands, arms, head, voice box, larynx, eyelids, muscles, rarely involve the legs, feet, in children, tremors, limited, hands, require treatment, exact cause, the fact that it is inherited suggests a genetic cause, dominant, 50% of an affected person's children, inherit one copy, the gene from either parent, have the disorder, tremors, occasional, sporadic, temporary, episodic, ceasing at intervals, intermittent, a rate of, 6 to 10 per second, tremors, affecting the head, hands, arms, eyelids, voice, less commonly affect the lower body, not affect both sides, the body equally, tremors that worsen, voluntary movement, emotional stress, tremors that disappear, sleep, tremors, improve, alcohol, diagnosis, made on the basis, the patient's history, an examination that reveals tremors on voluntary movement, no changes in gait, coordination, no other abnormalities, dementia, changes in mental status, brain function, no other tests required, testing, rule out other causes, tremors, excessive caffeine intake, alcohol withdrawal, medication use, hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, wilson's disease, disorders, laboratory tests, a head ct scan, mri, x-rays, angiography, tests, normal, tremors interfere, the patient's ability to perform daily activities, medications, variable, individual responses to them, medications, reduce tremors include propranolol, mysoline, anticonvulsants, mild tranquilizers, tremors interfere, activity significantly, not responsive to medication, surgery to implant a deep brain stimulator, dbs, basal ganglia an option, caffeine, in substances coffee, soda, stimulants, avoided, they commonly worsen tremors, alcoholic beverages in small quantities, markedly decrease tremors, drinking, monitored to avoid alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, family history of alcohol problems, mechanism by which alcohol ameliorates familial tremor, a familial tremor is not a dangerous condition, annoying, embarrassing, severe, mildly interfere, fine-motor skills writing, feeding yourself, a problem, speech is occasionally involved, side effects of medications, complications, tremors occur, family history of tremors, a familial tremor is interfering, ability to perform daily activities, side effects of medications occur, fainting, very slow heart rate, confusion, changes in alertness, prolonged nausea/vomiting.